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Boni Ashburn

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Boni Ashburn is a children's book author who spends more time reading and writing children's books every day than she does breathing. She is the author of Hush, Little Dragon, Over At The Castle and I Had A Favorite Dress, as well as several other forthcoming books. Boni lives in the Upper Peninsula Of Michigan with her four children and too many bookshelves to count.

*Please note: I give 5 stars to books I adore and MUST own, 4 stars to books that will stay with me in some way and that I almost-adore, and 3 stars to books I like. Two stars might be books that I like in some way, but most likely have some particular aspect that I don't think was executed as well as it could have been. One star means I truly do not care for the book- sorry. A...more

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Average rating: 4.10 · 387 ratings · 126 reviews · 4 distinct works

	I Had a Favorite Dress by Boni Ashburn (Goodreads Author), Julia Denos (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Hush, Little Dragon by Boni Ashburn (Goodreads Author), Kelly Murphy (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Over at the Castle by Boni Ashburn (Goodreads Author), Kelly Murphy (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Builder Goose: It's Construction Rhyme Time! by Boni Ashburn (Goodreads Author), Sergio De Giorgi 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012	My rating:

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Magritte's Marvelous Hat

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The Pirate Girl's Treasure: An Origami Adventure

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“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
― Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: books , simile , soul

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment , be-yourself , conformity , individuality , world

24,164 people liked it

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books , children , difficult , grown-ups , write , writers , writing

8,420 people liked it

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